How long does a solar permit take in Austin?
In Austin, the typical solar permit took 7 days from application to issue, across 1,408 permits issued from September 2024 to September 2026. After the permit, the typical finished solar installation took 85 days from permit to final inspection (2,329 finished of 2,717 permits issued from September 2022 to September 2024; 14% had no final inspection on record by September 2026).
85 daysfrom permit to final inspectionMiddle half: 42 days to 5 months
The two steps
The numbers behind the chart
| Step | Median | Middle half | Permits | Permits issued |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application to permit issued | 7 days | 4 days to 14 days | 1,408 | September 2024 to September 2026 |
| Permit to final inspection | 85 days | 42 days to about 5 months | 2,329 | September 2022 to September 2024 |
Solar installers with the most jobs in Austin
| Rank | Contractor | Jobs | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horus Partners | Get a quote | |
| 2 | Tesla Energy Operations, Inc. | Get a quote | |
| 3 | Power Home Remodeling | Get a quote |
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Permit wait by year issued
| Year issued | Jobs | Median | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 460 | 10 days | 5 days to 26 days |
| 2023 | 1,391 | 10 days | 5 days to 23 days |
| 2024 | 1,055 | 12 days | 6 days to 27 days |
| 2025 | 841 | 6 days | 3 days to 13 days |
| 2026 | 378 | 6 days | 3 days to 15 days |
Why it takes this long
- 2% of permits were issued the day they were applied for, and 87% within 30 days (1,408 permits).
- The longer step is building and inspection: 7 days for the permit against 85 days from permit to final, at the median.
- 53% of finished jobs passed final inspection within 90 days of the permit.
- Of the 2,717 permits issued from September 2022 to September 2024, 388 (14%) had no final inspection on record by September 2026. They may still be under way, dropped or never inspected; the records do not say which. They are left out of the build time; any of them that finishes will have taken more than two years, so counting them would make the typical time longer.
Days are counted between the dates on each city permit: applieddate, issue_date, completed_date. Median and middle half: half of the jobs took longer than the median; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. A figure is shown only when it rests on 30 or more permits. Kinds of work are sorted by the same rules as our contractor lists. Source: Austin Issued Construction Permits (data.austintexas.gov 3syk-w9eu), read 2026-09-24. The same figures as data: solar.json.